Leeds United need to sign two or three players to continue their bid for automatic promotion in the second half of the Championship season.

That's the verdict of former Leeds manager Simon Grayson, who believes Thomas Christiansen must bolster his squad in the January transfer window.

Leeds have already agreed a deal to sign Yosuke Ideguchi from Gamba Osaka but the Japanese international will not be able to move to Elland Road until later this year due to a failure to qualify for a work permit.

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Sources close to the club have suggested it could be a quiet January for Leeds but they are open to signings in the mid-season window and Grayson, who was a pundit for the televised 0-0 draw with Nottingham Forest, feels additions are vital.

"I think the next few weeks for Leeds United are going to be very important for them," he said on Sky Sports.

"I think when the window opens now, I do think they're a few players short of being that team that can really push on.

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"Probably three or four years ago when I was here we were second and we didn't invest in January which cost us promotion and I think Leeds need two or three more players just to get them over that line really.

"Because it's open, I think we all agree Wolves are going to be the team that are going to get automatic promotion and there's probably a host of other teams that will be the ones that will be thinking we can finish second in this division still."